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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: AAA Texas 500
Press Release
- Kyle Busch was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the October 31 AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, leading four times for 20 laps.
- Kyle Busch leads Denny Hamlin by one race (7-6) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the November 7 AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
- DID YOU KNOW? Kyle Busch has led the most laps in two of the last three fall races at Texas.
- The most laps led in the fall race at Texas (and the record for most laps led in a 500-mile race at the 1.5-mile speedway) is 278 by Tony Stewart in the 2006 AAA Texas 500.
- Every driver who has led the most laps in the fall race at Texas has qualified for 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup:
2005: Matt Kenseth, 149 laps, third
2006: Tony Stewart, 278 laps, FIRST
2007: Kyle Busch, 153 laps, fourth
2008: Carl Edwards, 212 laps, FIRST
2009: Kyle Busch, 232 laps, 11th
- Drivers that have led the most laps in 19 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas.
1997: Terry Labonte, 104 laps, fourth
1998: Jeremy Mayfield, 105 laps, 23rd
1999: Terry Labonte, 124 laps, FIRST
2000: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 106 laps, FIRST
2001: Dale Jarrett, 122 laps, FIRST
2002: Dale Jarrett, 134 laps, 24th
2003: Elliott Sadler, 91 laps, 41st
2004: Kasey Kahne, 148 laps, second
2005 spring: Greg Biffle, 219 laps, FIRST
2005 fall: Matt Kenseth, 149 laps, third
2006 spring: Tony Stewart, 99 laps, third
2006 fall: Tony Stewart, 278 laps, FIRST
2007 spring: Jeff Gordon, 173 laps, fourth
2007 fall: Kyle Busch, 153 laps, fourth
2008 spring: Carl Edwards, 123 laps, FIRST
2008 fall: Carl Edwards, 212 laps, FIRST
2009 spring: Jeff Gordon, 105 laps, FIRST
2009 fall: Kyle Busch, 232 laps, 11th
2010 spring: Jeff Gordon, 124 laps, 31st
- The record for most lead changes in a race at Texas is 29 (2000 Samsung 500 and 2010 Samsung Mobile 500).
- The record for most different leaders in a race at Texas is 17 in the 2000 Samsung 500.
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS Kyle Busch 7 Denny Hamlin 6 Tony Stewart 4 Kevin Harvick 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 Jeff Burton 3 Kasey Kahne 2 Clint Bowyer 2 Marcos Ambrose 1 Jamie McMurray 1 AJ Allmendinger 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE EVENT DRIVER Daytona 500 Kevin Harvick, 41 laps Auto Club 500 Jeff Burton, 46 laps Shelby American Tony Stewart, seven laps Kobalt Tools 500 Kasey Kahne, 144 laps Food City 500 Juan Pablo Montoya, 29 laps Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Denny Hamlin, 172 laps Subway Fresh Fit 600 Kyle Busch, 113 laps Samsung Mobile 500 Tony Stewart, 74 laps Aaron’s 499 Jeff Burton, 28 laps Crown Royal 400 Kyle Busch, 226 laps SHOWTIME Southern 500 Denny Hamlin, 104 laps Autism Speaks 400 Kyle Busch, 131 laps Coca-Cola 600 Kyle Busch, 36 laps Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Denny Hamlin, 88 laps Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Denny Hamlin, 123 laps Toyota/Save Mart 350 Marcos Ambrose, 35 laps LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Kasey Kahne, 110 laps Coke Zero 400 Kevin Harvick, 28 laps LifeLock.com 400 Jamie McMurray, 72 laps Brickyard 400 Juan Pablo Montoya, 86 laps Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Denny Hamlin, 19 laps Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Juan Pablo Montoya, 74 laps CARFAX 400 Kevin Harvick, 60 laps IRWIN Tools Night Race Kyle Busch, 282 laps Emory Healthcare 500 Tony Stewart, 176 laps Air Guard 400 Denny Hamlin, 251 laps Sylvania 300 Clint Bowyer, 177 laps AAA 400 AJ Allmendinger, 143 laps Price Chopper 400 Tony Stewart, 76 laps Pepsi MAX 400 Clint Bowyer, 40 laps Bank of America 500 Kyle Busch, 217 laps TUMS Fast Relief 500 Jeff Burton, 134 laps AMP Energy Juice 500 Kyle Busch, 20 laps
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